I recently subscribed to the RSS feed for a blog about healthy organic and vegetarian living. A recent post linked to an article about how food companies are using agressive advertising and universal availability of their unhealthy products to increase sales. This calls to mind a recent change in my own food purchasing habits.

Lately I have been trying to buy organic products whenever possible and I have started shopping at Whole Foods almost exclusively. I used to resist shopping there because I thought their prices were too high. I’d walk in, buy a single shopping bag worth of organic produce and pay over $30. Ouch. But is that really too much to pay? This is the fuel my body runs on. Is there any price too high to pay for quality food which is free of of harmful chemicals or unhealthy ingredients?

Also, after reading another recent article by PETA, I’ve decided to try to decrease even further my animal product intake. They cite a recent UN study that finds the global cattle industry produces more greenhouse gases than the transportation sector. So I’ve started buying soy milk and soy yogurt at the grocery store and I’m working on eating less dairy when eating out. Not only do the soy products taste great (I highly recommend vanilla Silk yogurt with fresh blueberries and/or strawberries), but I also feel good about supporting a local company which uses green energy.

If you’re not already buying organic and eating vegetarian, give it a try for a few weeks. You just might find it really agrees with you (and it’s good for the planet).